Keeping laptop out of heat

[shrimpstew]

Down in the south it gets hot. You risk severe damage to a pc by leaving it in a car in the hot sun. What kind of solutions do you all have experience with in helping protect your electronics fom the heat while you are away from your vehicle?

 

[Guest]

<span style="font-size: 13px;">All electronics I've seen have an "operating temperature" range in the specifications.&nbsp;</span><br><br>eg&nbsp;<a href="http://www.cnet.com/laptops/dell-latitude-d600-notebook/4507-3121_7-20906166.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.cnet.com/laptops/dell-latitude-d600-notebook/4507-3121_7-20906166.html<br></a><h2 style="font-size: 1.3333em; margin: 20px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 0px 2px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: 500; font-family: franklin-gothic-urw-cond, 'Helvetica Condensed Bold', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #39434c; display: inline !important;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><br>Environmental Parameters</span></h2><a href="http://www.cnet.com/laptops/dell-latitude-d600-notebook/4507-3121_7-20906166.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><br></a><ul style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.333333015441895px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; color: #000000;"><li class="first" style="margin: 0px; padding: 10px; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: #dddddd; outline: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline; zoom: 1; width: 600px; background-color: #f5f5f5; -webkit-box-shadow: #ffffff 0px 1px 0px inset; box-shadow: #ffffff 0px 1px 0px inset; line-height: 1.333em !important;"><span style="margin: 0px 20px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; float: left; width: 200px; color: #768696;">Environmental standards</span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; float: left; width: 380px;">EPA Energy Star</span></li><li class="even" style="margin: 0px; padding: 10px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline; zoom: 1; width: 600px; -webkit-box-shadow: #ffffff 0px 1px 0px inset; box-shadow: #ffffff 0px 1px 0px inset; line-height: 1.333em !important;"><span style="margin: 0px 20px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; float: left; width: 200px; color: #768696;">Min Operating Temperature</span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; float: left; width: 380px;">32.0 °F</span></li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 10px; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: #dddddd; outline: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline; zoom: 1; width: 600px; background-color: #f5f5f5; -webkit-box-shadow: #ffffff 0px 1px 0px inset; box-shadow: #ffffff 0px 1px 0px inset; line-height: 1.333em !important;"><span style="margin: 0px 20px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; float: left; width: 200px; color: #768696;">Max Operating Temperature</span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; float: left; width: 380px;">95.0 °F</span></li><li class="even" style="margin: 0px; padding: 10px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline; zoom: 1; width: 600px; -webkit-box-shadow: #ffffff 0px 1px 0px inset; box-shadow: #ffffff 0px 1px 0px inset; line-height: 1.333em !important;"><span style="margin: 0px 20px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; float: left; width: 200px; color: #768696;">Humidity Range Operating</span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; float: left; width: 380px;">10 - 90%</span></li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 10px; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: #dddddd; outline: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline; zoom: 1; width: 600px; background-color: #f5f5f5; -webkit-box-shadow: #ffffff 0px 1px 0px inset; box-shadow: #ffffff 0px 1px 0px inset; line-height: 1.333em !important;"><span style="margin: 0px 20px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; float: left; width: 200px; color: #768696;">Max Altitude Operating</span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; float: left; width: 380px;">9840.0 ft</span></li></ul><br><br><span style="font-size: small;">In hot weather that means aircon. (Unless you happen to have a large&nbsp;ice block&nbsp;to sit next to or in<img src="/images/boards/smilies/smile.gif" border="0" align="absmiddle"><br><br>If&nbsp;</span>you're<span style="font-size: small;">&nbsp;in those temps all the time, you'd want to find one that has a higher Max rating.&nbsp;</span>

 

[James AKA Lynx]

You can wrap well and out of direct sun. Cool off before using. This should keep you in good shape.<br><br>James AKA Lynx

 

[creationode]

&nbsp;I leave my laptop in my van all day.<br><br>It stays in a padded laptop bag, in the back, well away from any sun.<br><br>It never feels hot to the touch, and has not had any problems.<br><br>It would have to become VERY hot to melt the components.<br><br>They can handle plenty of heat.

 

[highdesertranger]

I keep mine in a pelican case out of the sun when not in use.&nbsp; protects it from the dust from off highway driving also.&nbsp; highdesertranger

 

[Guest]

Having also been a land surveyor for many years in south Florida, Our data collectors usually sat on the front seats in direct sun or in a holder on the tripod, in the sun, turned on, and in use. Never had any problems. Data collectors are like computers, they may have been made a little tougher, but I'm sure many surveyors carry their laptops with them &nbsp;everyday, have not heard of any problems. Dust is the biggest problem. &nbsp;Duane&nbsp;